Saturday, 13 October 2012

Town vs. Gown

I was recently introduced to this phrase: "Town Vs. Gown" - as in the Regular People of Cambridge, compared with the Students of Cambreej. You might think Matthew & I are Gown-ers, because he works at the University. Not so much. I think you're only really Gown-y if you're an undergraduate student . . . or maybe a grad student. But since Matthew is just a boring old scientist now, we're kinda Towny. I give you a few examples of Town Vs. Gown. Ahem.

Gown:

Students live in really beautiful and centrally located College-owned buildings:

Town:

The rest of us live outside of the centre of town, in regular flats, or British row- or terrace-houses:

Gown:

Their local pub is cute, quaint and full of young, hip students:

Town:

Our local pub has a bouncy castle, an outdoor playpark, a children's menu and a large outdoor area for Toddler Fun (aka running and yelling)

About Me

Our family moved to Cambridge on January 13, 2011. The following week, Matthew started a 2 year Research Fellowship in the Department of Physics at Cambridge University. Our daughter, Elizabeth, is now 9 months old, and both of us celebrated our 29th birthdays the month we moved. Who knows what lies ahead for us here in England?